Rug and carpet fastener.



G. B. SHAW.

RUG'AND CARPET FASTENER.

APPLICATION man AUG. 16. 1916" (if-SPY Patented Aug. 7, 1917.

attozweq RUG AND CARPET FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

GEORGE BRADY SHAW, OF NEW YORK, N. Y,

\ Patented Aug. *2, 1917.

Application filed August 16, 1916. Serial No. 115,173.

\ To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, Gnomes BRADY SHAW, acitizen of the United States,-resid1ng at New York, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Rug and Carpet asteners, of which the following is aspecific tion.-

This invention relates to certain new and IQ useful impnwements in rugand carpet fasteners.

The primary, object is the provision of a nail-receiving attaching plateprovided wlth means for accurately positioning the plate at any marginalpoint upon a carpet or rug with the receiving portion at apre-determined distance from the edge thereof, cooperatingnail-receiving sockets being also designed for accurate positioningbeneath the fabric in alinement with the receiving portion of the plate.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts 5 throughout theseveral views Figure 1 is a plan view of a floor illustrating a carpetsecured thereto by the present device, a portion of the latter beingbroken away showing the manner. of positioning 80 the receiving socketsin the floor.

Fig. 2 is an inverted perspective view of a corner portion of a carpetprovided with the present device.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view illus- B5 trating the manner ofattachment with a marble, cement, or wooden floor, and,

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the floor socket bushing shown in Fig. 3.

It will be understood that the present dem vice is designed for securingcarpets, rugs and similar coverings in their operative fiat positions,and Fig. 1 discloses a carpet 10 secured to the floor 11 of a roomhaving side walls 12.

to An attaching plate 13 of the form best illustrated in Fig. 2 of thedrawing is arranged for attachment with the lower surface of the carpet,the said plate being substantially rectangular in form with cut-away 0corners 14 at one end thereof and an inwardly projecting centrallypositioned slot 15 at its opposite end. i

The cut-away corners 14 form oblique edges arranged at right angles toeach other and at angles of with the intervening edge portion of theplate. The said edge portions of the plate 13 are of equal length andhave their central points equidistant from the adjacent closed end 17 ofthe slot 15. A plurality of perforations are provided through the plate13 whereby the plate may be secured in flat engagement with the lowerface of the carpet 10 by means of suitable stitching or threads 19. Aplurality of the plates 13 may be readily positioned .upon a carpet orrug such as 10, with-the inner end 17 of the plate slots 15 accuratelypositioned at uniform distances from the free edge 20 thereof by placingeither of the plate edges 14 or the intervening portions in alinementwith the edge of the fabric and then securing the plate in position bysewing the same thereto.

Retaining hold-fast devices such as nails 21 are adapted for slidablepositioning within the slots 15 in seating reception at the in nor ends17 thereof with the flattened heads 22 of the nails arranged between theplate 13 and the under face of the fabric 10.

After the fastening plates 13 have been secured to the carpet or rug,the carpet is ready for attachment to the floor 11. In order to gage theposition for forming the floor sockets 28 for the reception of theretaining members, employment of the plates 13 for this purpose isutilized, the position of the outer edges thereof against the wall 12being adapted to fix the location of the socket; With the plates 13 sopositioned, and with a nail 21 in the closed end 17 of the plate slot, aslight depression is made in the floor 11 by striking the head of thenail covered by the carpet 10, and upon removal of the carpet andfastening device, an impression for a socket 28 asshbwn in Fig. 3 isgiven whereupon a socket of the desired width and depth may be formed inany preferred manner, the socket 28 being adapted to receive a leadbushing 27 which is secured within the socket 28 provided in thd floorand the nail 21 is forced through the said socket spreading the oppositesevered portions 29 thereof outwardly against the adjacent side walls ofthe socket 28. When the plate 13 is positioned at a corner portion ofthe fabric or carpet 10, the oblique edges 14 are arranged flush withthe adjacent edges of the carpet while the plate is preferably arrangedat I ' with the edge 16 lying flush with the edge aline with the sockets24 for arranging the nailsl2l carried by said plates within the 20 ofthe carpet when positioned points than a corner thereof.

From this detailed description of the invention, it will be'seen thatthe plate13 is provided-ofsuch a form as to be employed as a gageinpositioning the. sockets 24 in the floor 11 while a plurality of suchplates 13 may be readily secured to the carpet 10 by stitching 19 .withthe inner end 17 of the slots of the said plates in a position to atother said sockets, and at which time the edges 20 of the carpet 10 willbe positioned in close contact with the adjacent face of the room Wall12.

While the form of the invention herein shown and described is what isbelieved to be the preferred embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless tobe understood that various forms, modifications and arrangements of theparts may made without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

What I claim as new is:--

An attaching device for including a bushing, with its upper surfaceadapted to be positioned in a socket in the floor, said bushing beingtubular in general formation and severed longitudinally in oppositesides, the resultant limbs thereof having their inner ends convergenttoward each other, whereby as a fastenin is driven therein said limbswill have a binding or impinging action upon I said fastening, and aslotted plate adapted to be attached to the floor-covering, the slotthereof being adapted to receive the fastening and to allow of theinterposition of the head of the fastening between the floor coveringand said slotted plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GEORGE BRADY SHAW.

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